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{ 2008 02 17 }

Why Egypt’s Young are Taking Refuge in Conservative Islam

First in a new series entitled “Stalled Lives” running in the New York Times, an article (with video and photos) tells about the frustrations caused by stagnant education systems and economic dead ends that prompt many young people throughout the Middle East to seek solace in fundamentalist Islam. 

Michael Slackman, “Dreams Stifled, Egypt’s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor,” New York Times, Feb. 17, 2008 

There is an interesting blog linked to the article that polled a sample of its young Egyptian readers, some of whom took exception to the article’s claims.   (go to blog)

(More on Egypt)

Posted by Ted Thornton on Sunday, February 17, 2008, at 10:34 am. Filed under Arab World, Egypt, Islam. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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